turned around the KKR with his brilliant captaincy. in both inngs they came back from the jaws of defeat. you can take thus game as example of what a captain can do !!!

whatever dhoni is doing, i still think ganguly is our best ever captain

well they are my top anked side this season

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It had more to do with Deccan Chargers choking than any brilliant captaincy. DC have got out too many out of form/rusty batsmen in the middle order (Gibbs, Symonds, Rohit).

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91/1 in 10 overs chasing 163 and with gilly batting. how could they lose from that position ?

give some credit to the fielding side captain

Good captaincy for sure but he needs to score runs too. A few more zeros and such will put pressure on his captaincy automatically.

^ there will be no pressure on his captaincy....he is like Amitabh now......hits n flops have no impact on him.

although as stated earlier by me that he should bat at 5 or 6

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91/1 in 10 overs chasing 163 and with gilly batting. how could they lose from that position ?

That's what is called a "choke". Did you watch the shots played by Symonds, Gibbs, and Nohit Sharma that cost their wickets?

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What caused the choke? Call from Dubai?

Looks like hard for a Tiger to change its stripes...

Ganguly fined









MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League informed that Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly has been fined $20,000 for his team's slow over-rate during the opening match against Deccan Chargers on Friday.

At the end of the match, KKR was assessed to be three overs behind the required rate and under the Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, match referee Andy Pycroft fined Ganguly. — Special Correspondent

And the old[ TIGER showed his stripes in the last 2 games...instrumental in KKR losing both of them..one to the bottom placed side like Rajasthan..

This showed that the win against DC was a fluke, with DC losing either by fixing or by brainlessness..

Seeing KKR, Punjab must be think of their first victory..

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Seeing KKR, Punjab must be think of their first victory..

I hear Punjab got their first victory today

IWW bhai can you please enlighten who they got their first victory against

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HHAHAHAHAHAHA...

Guess Anu_D got you there...

agenda bhai ... buffalo bhais agenda has far reaching impact on his mayte raina to make an agenized decisions during csk's batting . this agenda based master plan was designed to lift the morale of agenda bhais other mayte yuvi .

LOL

IWWW went speechless


However, Ganguly's troops have been less than impressive the way they have been losing.

Today they face in form Mumbai Indians.

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Absence of Dhoni gifted Punjab the match against CSK...Agreed that his absence makes a HUGE difference..

Btw, Ganguly with 90 SR in power plays is gift wrapping another defeat for KKR..his presence makes a HUGE negative difference for KKR..

angelo mathews is being wasted...

Ganguly is falling in the same trap as he did in 2005 as Indian Captain, refusing to see the reality and being adament on maintaining his batting postion..

Needs to wake up..

Well he didn't today.

He opened

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Well he didn't today.
He opened

And what did he achieve by opening in powerplays?

If you want to justify his batting for KKR, your either are blind or headstrong..and no point arguing in both cases..

He want to ride on partner explosive batting and take some time to settle and then make some runs just like he did all his in ODI career.. But this is a T20 cricket. he should learn form Dravid to bat at 5/6.

Sachin showed Gangs HOW IT'S DONE...hahahahaa

SRT is an active intern...ational cricketer in prime form and one of the all time greats.

ganguly is a one time good , retired part-timer.....who is running on passion and aggression.

as I have said many times since IPL started he must bat at #6.......to play 10-15 ball cameos if required.......like Ranatunga did in his twilight days.

He doesn;t need to lead-from-the-front in this IPL format

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So why is he doing it?

That smacks of ego and agenda and not good for team spirit...

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So why is he doing it?
That smacks of ego and agenda and not good for team spirit...

plz dont use this word for ganguly " agenda " has been and will always be reserved for agenda bhai.

Ganguly should become coach of KKR. It's obvious he doesn't cut it as a batsman in this format. He has always needed time to get settled and play shots, more so now that he is older. And time is in short supply in T20. You need to be able to go full tilt from ball one.

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So why is he doing it?
That smacks of ego and agenda and not good for team spirit...

because he is overly honest.
He doesn't need to justify his position and should bat anwhere he is least exposed

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overly honest... whadda concept...care to explain?...

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Well he didn't today.
He opened

And what did he achieve by opening in powerplays?

Proved your previous claim wrong.

Everyone knows he is past his prime. And most likely it's his last season. And he will become coach of KKR no doubt and you still will continue to puke fire at him and he will continue to prove you wrong.

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Played all sorts of filthy politics in last year's IPL, when he refused to except the hint that he was not needed anymore and therefore should justify his place in the side purely as a player.

Poor SRK fell for the slimy Bengali's dirty games and handed him the captaincy this time. And he's about to get a wooden spoon again !

WOn't be surprised if SRK kicks out the nose digging ugly clown prince mid way of this tournament.

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Played all sorts of filthy politics in last year's IPL, when he refused to except the hint that he was not needed anymore and therefore should justify his place in the side purely as a player.
Poor SRK fell for the slimy Bengali's dirty games and handed him the captaincy this time. And he's about to get a wooden spoon again !

WOn't be surprised if SRK kicks out the nose digging ugly clown prince mid way of this tournament.

Ha Ha - How short memory people have - They dont remember Buchanan and Mccullam (Who cant even captain a small provincial club). They failed miserably and blame is being put on Ganguly's filthy politics. They are not doing well in last couple of games and blame is being put on ganguly.

Ganguly is great - you love him or hate him but can't ignore him.

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When you have an utter utter liability of a player like Ganguly in the side, there is no way as captain you can command any respectability in the team, and nor can you inspire the team.

Everyone and his uncle knows the fakeipl player is a rogue journalist that the filthy clown prince backed.

Is it any surprise that he has gone totally underground since the clown prince has taken over ?

The filthy nose digger has always thought that captaincy is his pop's sofa and that he owns it automatically and that the game owes him something.


The shameless jealous man can't fathom Dhoni's spectacular rise as a captain and player and instead of being proud of his achievements called Ponting a better captain than Dhoni . LOL.

Ponting is for sure not better captain than Dhoni or any one (bar his stats as captain)

However if Ganguly has said that, I would like to see the quote and context of it to make up my mind. Any links please?

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Ponting is for sure not better captain than Dhoni or any one (bar his stats as captain)
However if Ganguly has said that, I would like to see the quote and context of it to make up my mind. Any links please?

Don't make up something which you do not have

I don't make up stuff.

Ganguly said this in an interview in a casual manner after we beat Sri Lanka in the Mumbai test last year and India reached the NO.1 test spot. The interview asked him if Dhoni was the best captain in world cricket for having got India to the No.1 position in test cricket for the first time, he said Ponting was the best in business and that Dhoni had potential to be the best.

If I do get this on youtube, I shall post it. If you don't want to take my word, suit yourself.

^ my comment was not for you but for CD..helping him make up his mind

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Ponting is for sure not better captain than Dhoni or any one (bar his stats as captain)
However if Ganguly has said that, I would like to see the quote and context of it to make up my mind. Any links please?

Don't make up something which you do not have

LOL

How do you know Mr. Brain Surgeon? You don't seem to see the 'thing' in people who don't agree with your 'thing'

P_I bhau, I am not mistrusting you at all you and I have been here for long enuf time. I just wanted to see the context because the context would be important to make up my mind

Casual remarks are casual. I indeed take your word

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overly honest... whadda concept...care to explain?...

when all and sundry were telling him to choose an easier spot to bat like #6 or 7....
bat 10 odd ball or not bat at all....

when he was being told to take the benefit of being a retired player.... and not worry too much about proving his batting.... because he was in for his captaincy....

He still chose the most difficult...but correct and honest option....
Opened....faced the new ball and fastest bowlers.....got a 130%SR fifty, led the foundation for a walloping win.

That is an Overly Honest approach......

unlike some celebrated pseudo-great captains....who hide between young kids to avoid facing difficult bowling and match situations

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^ wow lady.. you just crack me up. Being a Ganguly/anyone's fan is one thing but you have taken this to a different level.

this is definitely some sort of obsessive compulsion.

So by Overly honest you are saying he is taking the best option in his mind for the team?

Well he did show that he was willing to do what it took to win... like asking Veeru to open in ODIs.. Dravid to keep wickets...asking Sachin to move to number 4 and then sacrificing his opening spot when Sachin wanted to open again...in WC03...

But in the match versus Delhi he opens with himself... NOT the best option... and ends up with a miserable 5 off 10 balls...